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Supply Chain & Logistics News Round Up (October 7th-11th 2024)

Logistics Viewpoints

Fernandez, visiting Portugal, claimed that China is overproducing lithium in response to U.S. While this pricing strategy impacts other producers, including those in Portugal, it has also forced Chinese companies to reduce output and cut jobs. US Official Says China is Oversupplying Lithium to Eliminate Rivals A senior U.S.

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Doing Business in Portugal

QAD

With 1,793 km of coastline, Portugal has a long history as a seafaring country and once had colonies all over the world. Its capital city, Lisbon, was almost completely destroyed in an earthquake in 1755, and later, Portugal endured years of revolution and occupation before democratic reforms were put in place in 1974.

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Get Acquainted with Applying for NHR Portugal!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Here, you will learn the basic peculiarities that can be suggested in order to give an overall intro to NHR Portugal. So, if you had any doubts before, now, you probably see more sense in applying for NHR Portugal as soon as possible. Check Whether You Can Request NHR Portugal at All. Let’s start!

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World Cup fever: Scoring the goal

DELMIA Quintiq

During a game, a football player has to make decisions based on the information at hand, including which players are around him.Obviously, there are limits to how much information he can take in or process, and this limits his choices.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

Enjoy the weekend and the song of the week, Feel it Still by Portugal. The Port of Vancouver update for November 18 stated, “Rail lines between Kamloops and Vancouver remain closed as both CN and CP crews and engineering teams continue to clear debris and conduct repairs at multiple locations.”. That’s all for this week.

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Bringing Freight Online with WebCargoNet and Freightos

Freightos

In Portugal it took a mere two months to snap up every airline and capture 40% of the forwarder market. So at the peak of the global crisis – with Spain being particularly hard hit – and despite pleas from their families, the two teenagers quit their studies and started a freight revolution. They never looked back.

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Two Kinds of Supply Chain Risk and How to Prepare for Them

ToolsGroup

A key test came when Shamir had to shut down its European distribution center in Portugal for two months to introduce a new warehouse management system (WMS). Global prescription lens maker Shamir Optical needed to restructure its distribution network following a merger and re-privatization.